Fish-splitting knife



July 21; 1925. 1,546,975

C. FELLER FISH SPLITTING KNIFE Filed 001;. 21. 1924 flkarlas m7;

Patented July 21, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE..

CHARLES FELLER, OF MARSHFIELD, OREGON.

FISH-SPLITTING KNIFE.

Application filed October 21, 1924. Serial No. 744,899.

To all "HP/IOITL it may concern:

Be it known that I, (hummus FELLER, a subject'of the King of Great Britain, and resident of Marshfield, in the -county of Coos 5 and State of Oregon, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fish-Splib ting Knives, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to fish splitting knives of a type particularly adapted for splitting roe shad, but it will be understood that the inventive concept advantage in the construction of knives for splitting other roe fish.

In producing my invention it has been can be utilized to my purpose to provide a construction which will prevent injury to the the operation of splitting roe of the fish in even though such operation is performed without exercising undue care. By thus avoiding the necessityof careful effort in .the operation of splitting, it is possible to materially increase the rapidity of such labor.

Furthermore, it is the purpose ofmy 1nvention to provide a knife of the character specified which will be of such simple design as toenable the same to be manufactured and sold at a comparatively small cost.

In describing my invention in detail reference will be had to the accompanying drawing wherein like characters of reference denote corresponding parts in the several views and in which- Figure 1 is a sideview of a fish splitting knife constructed in accordance with my invention Figure2, an edge view of same;

Figure 3, a section on Figure 1; and

Figure 4, a section on Figure 1.

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In the drawings my improved knife is shown as comprising a handle A carrying a blade B. The outer end of this blade is curved laterally in the form of a hook as at 10,-so as to provide a rearwardly directed knife edge 11. I provide the free terminal of the curved portion 10 with a rearwardly directed bead 12 rounded both at its free end and transversely.

This bead extends substantially parallel to the inner end of the blade B and a portion of its outer surface forms a continuation of the. outer edge of said blade.

formed.

. I claim.

A fish splitting knife including a blade having its free end portion curved laterally and sharpened to provide a cutting edge. and a bead formed-at tl... extreme free end of said laterally curved portion presenting substantially a spherical surface to the roe of a fish when the knife is operatively applied thereto whereby puncture of the roe of the fish by the knife is prevented irrespective of irregular lateral movements of the knife during the splitting operation.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature.

CHARLES FELLER. 

